The CIOB is gearing up to enforce its demand that members pursue continuing professional development (CPD), but it couldn’t be nicer in the way it’s going about it.
Rule 13 in the CIOB charter says members must keep themselves informed of current thinking and developments appropriate to the type and level of their responsibility.

At the moment, the Institute has to trust members when they claim to be doing enough CPD. Now it wants a little more rigour, but instead of demanding evidence, the Institute is piloting a mentoring scheme in the Western region in which trained, volunteer mentors offer advice on meeting the CPD requirement.

For example, as well as asking members if they can prove they’ve done CPD, they’ll ask: “Do you understand what counts as CPD activities and can we help you locate sources of professional knowledge?”

Typically the mentors would conduct group interviews and hold them before or after a branch event.

The CIOB’s education manager Dennis Wilkinson justifies the soft approach saying the pilot is showing so far that members don’t realise just how much can be included as CPD.

If the Privy Council approves of the pilot the process will be rolled out nationally and internationally.

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